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Four Year Strong detail 90s cover album "Explains It All"

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

Four Year Strong have posted the track listing for their forthcoming I Surrender/Decaydance debut. The record is titled Explains It All and is due out July 21, 2009. The album will feature only covers of 90s-era music that influenced the band and is the follow-up to Rise or Die Trying which was released in 2007.

Bands covered include Everclear, Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Nirvana and Third Eye Blind.

So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
Absolutely (Story of a Girl) - Nine Days
Ironic - Alanis Morisette
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Roll to Me - Del Amitri
Fly - Sugar Ray
In Bloom - Nirvana
She Really Loved You - Reach The Sky
She's So High - Tal Bachmann

Note: The bands are our best guesses, not the official list. Only the song titles are official

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MN_punkmaster-skaman (June 3, 2009)

So pretty much Pop Goes Punk 3? I don't see what this has to do with Riot Fest looking awesome again this year.

TheOneTrueBill (June 3, 2009)

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Mr_International (June 3, 2009)

If these songs are really so influential to them, shouldn't they know what bands perform them?

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MattRamone (June 3, 2009)

Pretty much what I was thinking.

swiftjustice (June 3, 2009)

i feel like its a punknews comment

the_other_scott (June 3, 2009)

i've never heard of these guys before, but if i were a superfan i'd probably pick this up.

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SkolarX (June 3, 2009)

they sell hoodies that look like varsity jackets. that pretty muchs sums it all up right there

MattRamone (June 3, 2009)

I think the best tribute they could give to the 90's would be to imitate Kurt Cobain in his final moment.

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Cottage_Cheese (June 3, 2009)

You mean when Courtney Love shot him in the face?

Shark-e (June 3, 2009)

Yeah, that's exactly how it went.

Dante3000 (rich) (June 3, 2009)

All they need to do is throw the "Thong Song" in there to make this totally 100% undesirable.
-Dante

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Hubitcherkokov (June 3, 2009)

That came out in 2000, though.

swiftjustice (June 3, 2009)

roll to me is probably the best song ever

Banal242 (June 3, 2009)

No Champagne Supernova?

Surprised.

letthebeatdrop (June 3, 2009)

i'll say it again: i hate this band almost as much as i hate cute is what we aim for.

boo.

MyStereoHasMono (June 3, 2009)

The Reach the Sky track kind of sticks out like a sore thumb.

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ZombieCrush (June 3, 2009)

Thinking the same thing myself.

Cos (June 3, 2009)

I grew up in the 90s and only recognize half these songs. I'm glad.

jeffernator (June 3, 2009)

I love how on their myspace it says "support these bands!" with some good bands on it above the decaydence roster list. Trying to maintain some sort of credibility I suppose.

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LookingForCorpses (June 12, 2009)

Or plugging their friends. SOmething like that.

alpod4 (June 3, 2009)

semi-charmed kind of life is the greatest pop song of the 90s. that whole album rules too.

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J4M35 (June 3, 2009)

agreed.

J4M35 (June 3, 2009)

agreed.

Dante3000 (rich) (June 3, 2009)

This news actually made me put Third Eye Blind on. Their new EP isn't too bad either. They were/are a solid pop rock band, even if the singer's supposed to be a douche.
-Dante

thatguyfromthatband (June 3, 2009)

more gay than a bucket of rainbows.

rob25 (June 3, 2009)

I've never heard these guys so I went on thier page to listen to them. Their music does not measure up to their beards.

red_eye_inc (June 3, 2009)

It's a bit early in their career to be reaching this deep into the bag of stupid tricks, don't you think?

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Stacular (June 3, 2009)

100% agreed, isn't this something an established band does between actually writing records? Given that 98% of people who have ever picked up an instrument in the 90s can play these songs and this band hasn't released an album in 2 years, I'd say they spent about 2 weeks on this... great job!

red_eye_inc (June 3, 2009)

Totally. I like this band, too. They shouldn't be wasting everyone's time with a full length covers record if they're not ready to put something new out.

Dante3000 (rich) (June 3, 2009)

Worked for (A) New Found Glory.
-Dante

Morgan (June 3, 2009)

pumped. totally stole my idea to cover that sugar ray song.

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Drunken3rd (June 3, 2009)

I saw Sugar Ray's greatest hits in the cd rack at CVS yesterday. There can't be more than one song on that, right?

Pacoco (June 3, 2009)

clarissa explains it all?

android (June 3, 2009)

if that´s the music that influenced them in the 90s I feel sorry for them....

psychosis_cheer (June 3, 2009)

sounds like a track listing for Kidz BOP!

Nap (June 3, 2009)

I think "She's So High" will be a cover of Tal Bachman, not Blur

Drunken3rd (June 3, 2009)

"explains it all"?
I have so many questions.

1. Are they serious?
2. They can't be serious can they?
3. This is a joke, right?
4. Seriously?

Also this maybe the only band that can count Del Amitri as an influence.

6. Is this for fucking real?

bytheslice (June 3, 2009)

I'm really glad they're covering Reach The Sky. That band does not get the love they deserve.

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